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Learning outcomes

The course in Community Psychology will start with an analysis of human development from a relational point of view, and will refer to the main concepts introduced in the Social Psychology course. It will introduce the students to the importance of the sense of community for individual and social changes. It will show how the community work can be useful to cope with psycosocial desease and to promote and develop individual resourses in relationship contests. The theoretical priciples guiding social operators and the pratical strategies will be shown.

Program

Course topics:
• human development and the importance of relationships
• quality of life, disease, prevention and health promotion
• the community development: from changing process to its results
• psychological resources and empowerment
• sense of community and involvement
• social support, networking and community
• community work: operators, environments and modalities

Bibliographic references:
A) Lavanco G., Novara C. (2012), Elementi di psicologia di comunità. Progettare, attuare e partecipare il cambiamento sociale, (3° edizione) McGraw-Hill, Milano.
B) One of the following books according to the student’s choice:
- Arcidiacono C. (a cura di) (2004), Volontariato e legami collettivi. Bisogni di comunità e relazione reciproca, F. Angeli, Milano (except chapters 10 and 11);
- Zani B., Cicognani E (1999). Le vie del benessere. Eventi di vita e strategie di coping, Carocci, Roma.
- Meneghini A.M. (2010). Sentire e condividere. Componenti psicologiche e correlati biologici dell’empatia, SEID Editori, Firenze (except chapters 9, 10 and 11).
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